Mumbai Indian Captain Hardik Pandya with Rohit Sharma during a practice session | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI Every year the IPL gives rise to many non-stories and irrelevancies. This year (so far) it is the saga of Hardik Pandya versus the fans of Rohit Sharma (and the fans of his own earlier team). Perhaps it’s…
Kuldeep Yadav celebrates a wicket during the third Test match between India and England at Rajkot | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI He might look like an accountant accidentally woken up by an alarm beeping too early, hair dishevelled and on the point of complaining. But the smile is never far from Kuldeep Yadav’s eyes, suggesting…
File picture of India’s Dhruv Jurel and Akash Deep during net practice. The pair were instrumental in India’s win over England in the 4th Test at Ranchi | Photo Credit: Vijay Soneji One is a war veteran’s son who threatened to run away from home if his father didn’t buy him a kit and allow…
As India prepare for a Test match with possibly their least experienced middle-order ever, it might be worth looking at what constitutes good team selection. Selectors are like wicketkeepers, remembered only when they make mistakes. Success or failure of their job is judged on whether the team wins or loses. In the former case, selections…
File picture of Indian players standing for the national anthem ahead of the 1st Test against England in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: ANI As India prepare for a Test match with possibly their least experienced middle-order ever, it might be worth looking at what constitutes good team selection. Selectors are like wicketkeepers, remembered only when…
India’s Kuldeep Yadav celebrates the wicket of England’s Zak Crawley during the fourth day of the second Test cricket match between India and England at ACA-VDCA Stadium In Visakhapatnam on February 5, 2024. | Photo Credit: K.R Deepak This England series is promising to be the most exciting played in India. The teams know how…
The Indian team at a net session at Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium ahead of the first Test match against England on January 23, 2024 in Hyderabad | Photo Credit: Getty Images Ninety years ago, when England first toured India for a Test series, E.H.D. Sewell, player-turned-reporter, wrote in an Indian newspaper: “If compelled to bet,…
India attempt to flatten out a problem area on the pitch during the second day of the second Test match between South Africa and India in Cape Town, South Africa, on January 4, 2024. Suresh Menon writes that the idea of a dodgy pitch spreads quickly within a team – it becomes a self-fulfilling reality….
